I have to go to an early evening birthday dinner, but...what time are you all planning on gathering? I will be less than a mile from the Purple Orchid. Hey Bax, Pup, Bong...mebee you could put in a special guest appearance?

What the heck is a TIKI pool?
Where is a TIKI pool?
Do you get wet in this TIKI pool?
What time do you get in the TIKI pool?
Is there enough water in the TIKI pool for ME?
_________________When this stops being funIt's our fault Have no brakes Cannot stop Happydog (What can I do?)

Hawthorne Blvd really close to Rosecrans
in Lawndale 310-973-4360 Can't get the number to work right now
We are going a little early with our kids then we will bomb back home when you guys hit the Orchid
See Ya

YA man, feelin Ire
Me and me Jaw-make-kin brathas goin round and round in da 8 ball games.
I guess we left just before C'Al got there.
It was fun teachin the young one's to roll the spliff.
Ended up having dinner at Beaches in Manhatten then we jambed home.
Sorry we did not see any of our TIKI family.
We needed a fix, well maybe next time.
_________________When this stops being funIt's our fault Have no brakes Cannot stop Happydog (What can I do?)

After a few more minutes of work - the finished product. Not bad for our first time, eh?

After carving, Z-girl helped me with dinner and Doctor-Z made some more mai-tais. That put us all in the right frame of mind to enjoy The Hurricane bar/pool-hall in Lawndale.

Unfortunately, the place was really empty. Only one pool table and only one other patron. Crazy Al met us there and we all had a beer while I snapped some pictures of the glorious interior:
Some nice Bosko carvings behind the bar.

We decided not to play pool and headed right on over to the Purple Orchid in El Segundo, where we met the rest of the gang - Floratina, Weird-Uncle-Tiki, and The Mysterious Miss Mauna Loa. The Purple Orchid turns out to be a better pool hall anyway, having two pool tables as opposed to the Hurricane's one. It was also packed. Here are some pictures:

Crazy Al and a volcano-bowl

Polynesian Pop & Floratina

The owner of the Purple Orchid kept giving us free volcano-bowl samples of all the drinks on the menu. Things got insane! From the top of the picture going clockwise, we've got Weirduncletiki, Miss Mauna Loa, Crazy Al, Chikitiki, Polynesian Pop, Floratina, Sabu The Coconut Boy, Doctor Z and Z-Girl.

Sabu,
Thanks for the great pics! It was a great time. We definitely have to get a carving session going again sometime. That was a lot of fun!

BTW - The humble Sabu forgot the mention the incredible grilled chicken & shrimp he barbequed for us. Oh did I mention the chicken was coated in toasted sweet coconut? The delicious and potent mai tais were mixed by Doc Z - and yes, we're drinking them out of Trader Vic's Voodoo glasses!